Aid convoys are due to be sent to Syria's besieged areas, UN envoy Staffan de Mistura has said. He said it would be a test of whether warring parties were committed to allowing in humanitarian supplies. Among the areas due to receive aid is the town of Madaya, where people have been dying of starvation. World powers last...
When you take a photo to show your family your baby bump at full term, you expect your bump to be the centre of attention. You certainly don't expect to be upstaged by a dolphin photobomber. That's what happened to Angeline Mozer, 31, who is nine months pregnant. Her husband Dan, 30, took a photo of her on a Florida...
Human error by a train controller was to blame for a crash in Bavaria, Germany, last week that killed 11 people, prosecutors said. Dozens more were injured after two commuter trains collided on a single-track stretch of railway. An area controller opened the track to the two trains and tried to warn the drivers, according to...
Airstrikes blamed on Russia hit at least two hospitals and a school in northern Syria on Monday, killing and wounding dozens of civilians and further dimming hopes for a temporary truce, as government troops backed by Russian warplanes pressed a major offensive north of Aleppo. The raids came days after Russia and other world...
The wild leopard which terrorized the people of Bangalore, South India, is on the loose once more. The animal escaped from a zoo only a week after it was first caught in a lengthy and bloody operation. The leopard is believed to have squeezed between the bars are the Bannerghatta Biological Park late on Sunday. An official said...
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – SVT revealed today the Eurovision 2016 stage which is based on a powerful and innovative idea. Frida Arvidsson and Viktor Brattström are the stage designers, who also did the 2013 Eurovision idea. “We want to do something that makes people wonder if it’s even possible”,...
Critics say move amounts to a 'gross attack on democratic freedoms' Local councils, public bodies and even some university student unions are to be banned by law from boycotting “unethical” companies, as part of a controversial crackdown being announced by the Government. Under the plan all publicly funded...
Four Americans have been arrested in Bahrain for entering the country using false information and allegedly participating in "attacks on police," according to a police statement released Monday. Bahrain officials said some of the arrested Americans were members of the international media but "had not registered...
Seven people have died in an air strike on a Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital in northern Syria, the organisation said, calling it a "deliberate" attack. MSF blamed Syria's government or Russia for the raid in Maarat al-Numan. There has been no independent confirmation. A further eight people are missing from the...
Vera Brezhneva surprised her fans by a new image. Singer dyed her hair pink for the shooting in gloss....
Albina Dzhanabaeva attended film premieres with her son. As a companion she performed her 12-year-old Constantine, the first son of Valery...
In part three of James Cusick's special reports on South Sudan, he explains how the country is on the verge of going bust — but not everyone is suffering They are an incongruous sight in a neglected, run-down African capital city. Lines of smart black SUVs with tinted windows can be seen parked outside the handful of...